A new interest can produce a stack of books before it produces a single attempt. Each promises a slightly different approach, and comparing them becomes another way to postpone choosing where to start.
Select one source that matches your current level and the task you want to try. Look for clear explanations, relevant safety guidance and exercises that fit your available materials. A beautifully advanced book can remain inspiring without being the most useful first teacher.
Read enough to understand the exercise, then attempt it where appropriate. You do not need to finish the whole book before learning something from the first practical section. For activities involving hazards or specialist skills, use qualified instruction rather than treating a book as sufficient supervision.
Keep notes on the point where you become confused. A specific question can guide a later class, conversation or search more effectively than concluding that the entire subject is difficult. It may also reveal that a different explanation would suit you better.
Give the source a fair try without treating it as an authority you must follow against better information. Check publication dates where methods, products or safety requirements may have changed, and consult current primary guidance for matters where accuracy is consequential.
When the book no longer serves your next step, choose another deliberately. You can return borrowed books without extracting every possible lesson from them. Their availability is part of what makes libraries useful for exploring interests before building a collection.
Choose a small section you can put into practice before reading further. If the book explains a technique, try the simplest appropriate exercise and note where the instructions become unclear. Return to that passage with a specific question. Reading and doing can then inform each other, rather than allowing the accumulation of instruction to feel like progress while the materials remain untouched on the shelf.
One book does not have to become your only authority forever. If it assumes knowledge you do not have or uses an approach that does not suit your situation, choose a better starting point. The point of limiting sources is to reduce unnecessary switching, not to persist with unsuitable guidance. For activities involving tools or other hazards, use reliable instruction and appropriate supervision where needed; a book may not cover every practical safety question.
The goal is contact between instruction and practice. One clear exercise completed with attention can be more useful than several books read as descriptions of a future hobby. Let the knowledge become something you have tried, questioned or noticed in your own work, rather than another impressive pile beside the chair.
A little more room to be yourself.